Search for Pair Production of Second-Generation Scalar Leptoquarks in pp Collisions at √s = 7 TeV
Abstract
A search for pair production of second-generation scalar leptoquarks in the final state with two muons and two jets is performed using proton-proton collision data at √s=7 TeV collected by the CMS detector at the LHC. The data sample used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 34 pb^(-1). The number of observed events is in good agreement with the predictions from the standard model processes. An upper limit is set on the second-generation leptoquark cross section times β^2 as a function of the leptoquark mass, and leptoquarks with masses below 394 GeV are excluded at a 95% confidence level for β=1, where β is the leptoquark branching fraction into a muon and a quark. These limits are the most stringent to date.
Additional Information
© 2011 CERN, for the CMS Collaboration. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI. Received 17 December 2010; published 17 May 2011. We extend our thanks to Michael Krämer for providing the tools for calculation of the leptoquark theoretical cross section and PDF uncertainty. We wish to congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC machine. We thank the technical and administrative staff at CERN and other CMS institutes, and acknowledge support from: FMSR (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP (Brazil); MES (Bulgaria); CERN; CAS, MoST, and NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES (Croatia); RPF (Cyprus); Academy of Sciences and NICPB (Estonia); Academy of Finland, ME, and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG, and HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); OTKA and NKTH (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); NRF and WCU (Korea); LAS (Lithuania); CINVESTAV, CONACYT, SEP, and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); PAEC (Pakistan); SCSR (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan); MST and MAE (Russia); MSTD (Serbia); MICINN and CPAN (Spain); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); NSC (Taipei); TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE and NSF (USA).Attached Files
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- 23998
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20110614-083217251
Funding
- FMSR (Austria)
- FNRS and FWO (Belgium)
- CNPq
- CAPES (Brazil)
- FAPERJ (Brazil)
- FAPESP (Brazil)
- MES (Bulgaria)
- CERN
- CAS
- MOST and NSFC (China)
- COLCIENCIAS (Colombia)
- MSES (Croatia)
- RPF (Cyprus)
- Academy of Sciences and NICPB (Estonia)
- Academy of Finland ME and HIP (Finland)
- CEA (France)
- CNRS/IN2P3 (France)
- BMBF (Germany)
- DFG and HGF (Germany)
- GSRT (Greece)
- OTKA and NKTH (Hungary)
- DAE and DST (India)
- IPM (Iran)
- SFI (Ireland)
- INFN (Italy)
- NRF and WCU (Korea)
- LAS (Lithuania)
- CINVESTAV (Mexico)
- CONACyT (Mexico)
- SEP and UASLP-FAI (Mexico)
- PAEC (Pakistan)
- SCSR (Poland)
- FCT (Portugal)
- JINR (Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan)
- MST and MAE (Russia)
- MSTD (Serbia)
- MICINN and CPAN (Spain)
- Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland)
- NSC (Taipei)
- TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey)
- STFC (United Kingdom)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- NSF
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